BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE INEFFABLE NAME AND OF
THE FOUR WORLDS WITH THEIR CORRESPONDENCES TO THE MINOR ARCANA OF
THE TAROT.

We must now consider what the Qabalists have to say in regard
to the "Four Worlds" which are under the dominion of
the Ineffable Name of Four Letters Yod-Heh-Vau-Heh (IHVH) usually
called Tetragrammaton.

There are three methods of classifying these "Four
Worlds" (1) We may consider them as upon Four Planes one
above the other, that is to say, we can take our "Tree of
Life" and imagine that there are three similar
"Trees" occupying the same position except that each
represents a different Level. We can then easily adjust our
conception to the consideration of Four Worlds, occupying the
same space, but being of different grades of substance, one
interpenetrating the other.

(2) We may consider "Four Trees" placed vertically
one above the other so that the Kether of the First
"Tree" corresponds with the Malkuth of the one above,
and so on, thus obtaining a ground plan of all four.

(3) We may consider the One "Tree" we havealready
studied as divided into Four Parts in a particular manner to be
discussed later.

These three methods are useful for different purposes and we
should adopt the most convenient for our special needs. I may
mention that when a very minute classification is desirable the
Sephiroth in each of the Four Worlds can each in turn be divided
into "ten" by placing a small complete Tree of Life in
each Sephira, thus we should obtain 400 different Sephiroth and a
very great number of "Paths." But this is too complex
for our present purpose.

The Names of the Four Worlds are:- ATZILUTH, BRIAH, YETZIRAH
and ASSIAH.

1. ATZILUTH, the Highest, is the ARCHETYPAL WORLD. It is in
this World that the Primal Ideas arose in the Mind of THE FATHER,
Who through WISDOM was able to comprehend the Silent Voice of the
One Existence. These were the "Seed Ideas" as yet
unmanifest, but containing Potentially the WILL of the Father to
manifest in a suitable Substance. This World is attributed to the
First letter of the Ineffable Name, Yod, the Letter of the
FATHER.

2. BRIAH is the CREATIVE WORLD which, being impregnated with
the Will or Life, of the Father is a LIVING SUBSTANCE,
Understanding what is necessary to the gradual formation of the
ideas and the preparation and bearing of them until perfectly
fashioned. It is therefore referred to the Second Letter of the
Name, Heh The Great Mother.

3. YETZIRAH is the FORMATIVE WORLD, the product of the
previous two, where the perfected ideas having taken form, await
a suitable material body in which to clothe them. It is the world
of Symbols, something like the Plan of the Great Architect ready
for execution. It is attributed to the letter Vau which is that
of the SON.

4. ASSIAH is the MATERIAL WORLD wherein all these former
worlds of fine matter are Materialized and Manifested in tangible
form. It is the Universe as we know it through the five senses.
This is attributed to the Final Heh which is called the DAUGHTER
and is usually written with a dot in the centre to distinguish it
from The Mother.

Now these Worlds are symbolized by the FOUR SUITS in the
TAROT, viz.:- WANDS, CUPS, SWORDS and PENTACLES. Notice how
closely the symbolism follows. Wands, the Vertical Lines of Will
correspond to The Father, Cups hollow and receptive are the
Understanding or The Mother, Swords formed as a Cross, the
vertical combined with the horizontal, are equivalent to the Son,
while Pentacles are the Materialized Daughter summing Up all the
foregoing.

There are 40 of these small cards, ten of each suit in turn
numbered from One (or Ace) to Ten. These connect at once with the
Ten Sephiroth. The Four Aces belong to Kether, the Four Twos to
Chokmah, etc., until finally the four Tens are attributed to
Malkuth. If we arrange these cards in Ten packs in the form of
the "Tree of Life," placing the Wands uppermost, then
the Cups below them and the Swords below that and the Pentacles
lowest of all, we find we have a clear set of symbols for the
Four Worlds. For instance, we pick up The Six of Cups, what does
that mean? Why, 6 is Tiphereth and Cups = Briah, so we obtain
Tiphereth in the Creative World. Again Four of Swords will be
Chesed of Yetzirah, The Mercy of the Formative World. This is so
simple that it needs no further explanation.

Now we should note that the Ineffable name IHVH is
particularly attributed to the FOUR ELEMENTS, Jehovah being, as
we shall see later on, the God of the Elements. Now Yod is FIRE,
Heh is Water, Vau is Air and the final Heh is Earth. Again we
find the same symbolism, The fire of the Father, the Water of the
Great Sea or Mother, coming together and forming Air, the Son,
which with the previous two produces Earth, the Daughter. These
again correspond with the Tarot Symbols, Wands = Fire, Cups =
Water, Swords = Air and Pentacles = Earth.

We should now consider the Third method of attributing the
FOUR WORLDS to the TREE of LIFE. In this we find a peculiar
arrangement. KETHER, the CROWN, being PURE EXISTENCE, the
Qabalists designated it AHIH which means EXISTENCE IS EXISTENCE.
This has been translated in the Scriptures as I AM THAT I AM.
Kether is Pure Unity and LIGHT, from which cometh LIFE which is
the Substance of Light, and this being a LIVING SUBSTANCE is
divided into the FATHER or LIFE and THE MOTHER or SUBSTANCE. But
these three are One in Light and form the Supernal Triad KETHER,
CHOKMAH, BINAH. Now the Qabalists attribute Yod of IHVH to
Chokmah and Heh to Binah as these are the FATHER-MOTHER of all
things. They sometimes say that the topmost point of the Yod is
in Kether and represents AHIH. Now Vau, the third Letter or SON
is attributed to TIPHERETH and the SON ruleth over the Six
Sephiroth, Chesed, Geburah, Tiphereth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod;
otherwise the Moral or Intellectual part of the Tree. Again the
final Heh or Daughter is assigned to MALKUTH the Kingdom, which
is the materialized Manifestation of the foregoing. She is
sometimes called The Queen as the Son is called The King who is
Crowned by Kether, but this may perhaps cause some confusion with
the Tarot, so we had better designate The FATHER as THE KING, THE
MOTHER as THE QUEEN, THE SON as the PRINCE and the DAUGHTER as
the PRINCESS.

We now come to the question of the COURT CARDS of the TAROT
and we find FOUR of these for each of the FOUR SUITS. They are
named, on the Cards, KINGS, QUEENS, KNIGHTS and PAGES. It is
evident that there is a connection here with the Ineffable Name,
but there has been some confusion in the Symbolism of the Cards
for we find the Kings seated on Thrones or in Chariots, the
Queens on Thrones, the Knights on Horses and the Pages are on
foot. Now the Force of the FATHER (or KING), is QUICK, SUDDEN and
very ACTIVE as is the Male Generative Power and this is best
symbolized by the HORSED FIGURES who are borne rapidly forward
with rush and energy. THESE then are the true KINGSand
representatives of the forces of Yod in the Name. The QUEENS are
as they should be, seated upon THRONES as if to signify the
ENDURING quality of the MOTHER who waits passively while the
result of the Active force is at work within her. The cards
marked Kings are the real PRINCES or representatives of Vau The
Son, for they are seated in CHARIOTS drawn by Horses (or should
be so shown) and thus they represent the Combined action of the
Father and Mother, somewhat less swift than the Father and more
active than the Mother. The Pages are the true PRINCESSES or
Daughters. Standing alone because they manifest the FATHER,
MOTHER and SON, but only powerful insofar as they remember whence
they came. The FOUR KINGS then belong to CHOKMAH, the FOUR QUEENS
to BINAH, the FOUR PRINCES to TIPHERETH and the FOUR PRINCESSES
to MALKUTH. There being 4 Suits these are particularly referred
to the ELEMENTS in the case of the Court Cards, though as before
there is a correspondence with the "Four Worlds" if we
use the First Classification of Different PLANES.

The KING of WANDS, for instance, is called The LORD of The
FLAME and the LIGHTNING, the KING of the SPIRITS of FIRE,* for
The KING is the Father (Yod) and WANDS are attributed to FIRE.
So, again, the KING of CUPS is known as The Lord of the Waves and
the Waters, the King of the Hosts of the Sea. But let me remind
you once again that these KINGS are marked as "Knights"
on the cards themselves. It is advisable that the true titles be
written on the cards by the student.

[*All the true titles of the Court and small cards may be
found in Equinox Vol. I, Number 8 [see] or on "THE WHEEL OF THE TAROT" designed by Frater Achad.]

We may also obtain a very complete Sub-elemental Attribution
to these Court cards, for The KINGS being 4 forces are all FIERY
while there are FOUR SUITS also attributed to the elements, so we
get different combinations as follows-the King of Wands is FIRE
of FIRE, King of Cups = FIRE of WATER, King of Swords = FIRE of
AIR and King of Pentacles = FIRE of EARTH. So also with all the
other cards. The Prince of Cups, for instance, is AIR of WATER
because the Prince = Vau = Air, and Cups = Heh = Water. This may
appear a little confusing at first but one soon grasps the idea
and once it is fixed in the mind one has the first principles of
all this symbolism firmly rooted in consciousness.

There is however another consideration which should be brought
forward, viz.: That KETHER is PURE SPIRIT so that the NAME IHVH
really only governs the NINE SEPHIROTH below Kether, for in a
certain manner, as mentioned before, it is representative of THE
ELEMENTS ONLY, and these are CROWNED by SPIRIT. MAN, too, is made
up of these ELEMENTS, but by the LIGHT of THE HOLY SPIRIT within
him he may RULE and GOVERN them once he has COME TO THE LIGHT or
found the KINGDOM of HEAVEN within himself. The process whereby
he may find his TRUE SELF will be described later on, but here we
should remark that when he does so, he escapes the LAW of the
FOUR - the Cross or Square - and becomes a Perfect MICROCOSM or
LITTLE UNIVERSE made in the Image and Likeness of GOD. Then he is
Symbolized by the PENTAGRAM or FIVE-POINTED STAR of UNCONQUERED
WILL and Mystically the letter Shin, which is the HOLY SPIRIT, is
said to descend into IHVH thus forming IHShVH or
Jeheshuah, the God-Man. This process is symbolized in the Tarot
by the ACES which correspond to KETHER and SPIRIT being placed at
the top of a Pentagram, the other four arms being attributed to
FIRE, WATER, AIR and EARTH, also to KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCES and
PRINCESSES. Thus we find we have FIVE ELEMENTS or rather FOUR
ELEMENTS which have their ROOTS in SPIRIT. The Aces are called
the ROOTS of the Elements, thus, Ace of Wands = The Root of Fire,
Ace of Cups = the Root of Water, Ace of Swords = the Root of Air
and the Ace of Pentacles = the Root of Earth. These ROOTS signify
the SPIRIT. All the foregoing will be made clearer if we complete
this Chapter by summing up what we have said in tabular form and
also by means of a diagram showing the Holy Pentagram, or Man,
with the Elements rightly attributed according to THE NAME IHShVH.